I got some Goat Biryani to-go last night. tbb had a pass to the Columbia employee store so I did some shopping and then we had House of Curries last night.
Being in the Bay Area, I feel like I can drive up to 45 min away and get any sort of food I want. Though we don't seem to have bad/good breakfast places like Waffle house, Cracker Barrel, Huddl House, etc. We don't have a good biscuit breakfast place like Bojangles.
This might sound like a joke, but it isn't: a Pizza Hut. There isn't one within a 30-minute drive. I know it's crap, but sometimes you just have to have some of the Hut.
A good sit-down Mexican place. There are a couple that are just OK, and plenty of Taquerias, but once El Burro (in Newark, CA) closed, there hasn't been anything to really write home about.
No 2 LOVES their bread sticks. The only ones around me are the ones attached to Targets. I'll have to check out the Bay Area map to see what area I'm in. I need to find a link to it.
I was going to make a joke along the lines of "you never can find good Lithuanian food when you want it", but then I remembered actually seeing a Lithuanian food truck in Raleigh
Writing from the town next door to the origin Waffle House, I can tell you the lament here is the not yet any In-N-Out (Whataburger has already started staking its claim on Atlanta area). The tax-dodge move of their corporate headquarters from OC to Nashville gives us hope...
BERKELEY – The California baseball team (3-1) finished off a four-game series against Nevada (1-3) with an 8-0 victory on Monday at Stu Gordon Stadium. Three Cal pitchers – Ethan Foley, Jake Guardiancic and Cole Tremain – combined on a three-hit shutout that was Cal's first nine-inning blanking of an opponent since a 5-0 shutout of Stanford in a non-conference contest played in Berkeley on March 5, 2024.
The No. 3 California men's swimming & diving team is set to compete in its first-ever ACC Championships at the four-day meet beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 18, and concluding on Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, NC.
The Golden Bears will look to dethrone NC State, who won its 33rd all-time conference title a year ago, marking its fourth consecutive conference title and eight of the last nine. In arguably the toughest conference, the ACC has nine teams in the latest CSCAA Division I Men's Top 25 Poll.
No contest. Andy Smith, five seasons unbeaten. Pappy Waldorf runner up with three unbeaten regular seasons and a 53-6-1 six-year regular season run. Tedford third, Allison fourth.
GOP subcommittee lead by MTG held a hearing where they claimed they found $2.7 TRILLION dollars of fraud in Medicare and Medicaid. Meanwhile, I am sure the Democrats are saying "yes, absolutely, there's tons of fraud there. Please go ahead and touch that third rail, by all means."
US and Russia held peace talks on Ukraine, while not inviting Europe or Ukraine - which is ridiculous. Russia's offer was for Ukraine to surrender and install a Russian-friendly regime. What a frickin' joke. This smacks of Trump trying to solicit a bribe.
Having successfully hamstrung the US Postal Service and did his best to turn the election for Trump, Louis DeJoy announces his departure from the Postmaster General position
Oh, I have more than a few thoughts. First, firing DeJoy was way down on the list of Biden's priorities. Second, Biden and his team were literally afraid of doing too much to reverse T45 actions and policies. I don't think that they had any idea of where to begin. But this also goes to my most enduring criticism, of not only the Biden Admin, but Democratic leadership as well - their agenda looked like institutional incrementalism when sweeping action was needed.
This is so very true and has been particularly since 1980. Democratic leadership is scared of Reagan's shadow, and they continue to be. Therefore, they cannot be trusted in the moment. Younger leadership not scared of the GOP needs to take the damn wheel.
It’s time once again for Oski Disciple’s Question of the Day.
"Man dies constantly until the moment of his demise.” — Martin Heidegger. “My sorrow is my castle.” — Søren Kierkegaard. “Hope, in reality, is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.” — Friedrich Nietzsche. Judging from the preceding quotes is it safe to assume that all three of these philosophers were Cal football fans?
GOAT
I got some Goat Biryani to-go last night. tbb had a pass to the Columbia employee store so I did some shopping and then we had House of Curries last night.
What kind of restaurant food does your area lack?
Being in the Bay Area, I feel like I can drive up to 45 min away and get any sort of food I want. Though we don't seem to have bad/good breakfast places like Waffle house, Cracker Barrel, Huddl House, etc. We don't have a good biscuit breakfast place like Bojangles.
And we're missing Tommy's!
We don't have a good French food. The one and only good French restaurant closed and relocated to near Wake Forest (University, not the town).
I live in Irvine. It only has big chains and franchises. It's missing all sorts of hole in the wall type of restaurants.
This might sound like a joke, but it isn't: a Pizza Hut. There isn't one within a 30-minute drive. I know it's crap, but sometimes you just have to have some of the Hut.
A good sit-down Mexican place. There are a couple that are just OK, and plenty of Taquerias, but once El Burro (in Newark, CA) closed, there hasn't been anything to really write home about.
No 2 LOVES their bread sticks. The only ones around me are the ones attached to Targets. I'll have to check out the Bay Area map to see what area I'm in. I need to find a link to it.
For being an only about an hour from the coast, surprisingly, seafood is in short supply. Anything from anywhere northern Europe is rare as well.
And how is it that we can't have a Waffle House in the state?
I was going to make a joke along the lines of "you never can find good Lithuanian food when you want it", but then I remembered actually seeing a Lithuanian food truck in Raleigh
https://balticbites.net/
And then I remembered that we have a Lithuanian spirit distiller near me, which has one of the original Lithuanian/Grateful Dead shirts
https://durhamdistillery.com/products/krupnikas-spiced-honey-liqueur
Writing from the town next door to the origin Waffle House, I can tell you the lament here is the not yet any In-N-Out (Whataburger has already started staking its claim on Atlanta area). The tax-dodge move of their corporate headquarters from OC to Nashville gives us hope...
PRO
Someone broke down the NBA All Star game
https://x.com/CTabatabaie/status/1891370196251672645
And I missed it all. Darn.
CAL
Cal football announces Spring Football dates for the public
https://x.com/CalFootball/status/1891920109440053305
[BASE] Cal Cruises To 8-0 Win Over Nevada In Series Finale
https://calbears.com/news/2025/2/17/baseball-cal-cruises-to-8-0-win-over-nevada-in-series-finale.aspx
BERKELEY – The California baseball team (3-1) finished off a four-game series against Nevada (1-3) with an 8-0 victory on Monday at Stu Gordon Stadium. Three Cal pitchers – Ethan Foley, Jake Guardiancic and Cole Tremain – combined on a three-hit shutout that was Cal's first nine-inning blanking of an opponent since a 5-0 shutout of Stanford in a non-conference contest played in Berkeley on March 5, 2024.
[MSWIM] Cal Heads to Greensboro For First ACC Championships
https://calbears.com/news/2025/2/17/mens-swimming-diving-cal-heads-to-greensboro-first-acc-championships.aspx
The No. 3 California men's swimming & diving team is set to compete in its first-ever ACC Championships at the four-day meet beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 18, and concluding on Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, NC.
The Golden Bears will look to dethrone NC State, who won its 33rd all-time conference title a year ago, marking its fourth consecutive conference title and eight of the last nine. In arguably the toughest conference, the ACC has nine teams in the latest CSCAA Division I Men's Top 25 Poll.
[WSWIM] No. 6 Bears Ready For First ACC Championship
https://calbears.com/news/2025/2/17/no-6-bears-ready-for-first-acc-championship.aspx
The No. 6 California women's swimming & diving team will compete in its first-ever ACC Championship this week in Greensboro, North Carolina.
The meet, scheduled for Tuesday-Saturday at the Greensboro Aquatic Center, features all 15 teams that sponsor women's swimming in the ACC.
GOAT CAL FOOTBALL COACH
Ron Gould.
No contest. Andy Smith, five seasons unbeaten. Pappy Waldorf runner up with three unbeaten regular seasons and a 53-6-1 six-year regular season run. Tedford third, Allison fourth.
Bruce Snyder might have been in that top four if Bockrath hadn't chased him off.
I think if Snyder sticks around, we'd be in the natty conversation within 3-5 years, maybe even sooner given the incoming class.
Yup and maybe Mike White if Dave Maggard hadn't taken a dislike to him.
Go Bears!!!
Some new Marhawn Lynch and Jason Kidd apparent dropped on the official Cal store
https://shop.calbears.com/br-10310?_s=fb-social-SP_CalBears&utm_campaign=Partner-US-EN-BOOST-College-CalBears-20250217_RootsOfFight&utm_term=S%3DPRO%7CD%3DCalBears%7CL%3DCollege%7CT%3DCalBears%7CA%3DBothGenders%7CC%3DUS%7CB%3DLowCost%7CH%3DOfficial%7CG%3DEN&utm_content=E%3DPRODUCT-RootsOfFight
I think No 1 has my Kidd jersey. And No 3 has my Cal drinking song and The Play shirts.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
ON3 highlights the 10 worst college football ref calls of 2024. Cal is #6 with the Miami targeting that was somehow not targeting
https://www.on3.com/news/worst-officiating-calls-of-2024-college-football-season/
Did they do 2022. Cal vs ND? Phantom offsides on the punt?
One of these is fire. The other three hurt my sensibilities
https://bsky.app/profile/sickoscommittee.org/post/3lgjaofta6c27
POLITICS
GOP subcommittee lead by MTG held a hearing where they claimed they found $2.7 TRILLION dollars of fraud in Medicare and Medicaid. Meanwhile, I am sure the Democrats are saying "yes, absolutely, there's tons of fraud there. Please go ahead and touch that third rail, by all means."
https://x.com/realdogeusa/status/1890164353053462911
US and Russia held peace talks on Ukraine, while not inviting Europe or Ukraine - which is ridiculous. Russia's offer was for Ukraine to surrender and install a Russian-friendly regime. What a frickin' joke. This smacks of Trump trying to solicit a bribe.
Those of us who prayed for a meteor in the last election have a 97.4% chance of being disappointed
https://bsky.app/profile/bnonews.com/post/3lig35pc6jk2h
Having successfully hamstrung the US Postal Service and did his best to turn the election for Trump, Louis DeJoy announces his departure from the Postmaster General position
https://news.usps.com/2025/02/18/tenure-plan-of-pmg-dejoy-announced/
I really don't get why Biden didn't get rid of DeJoy. Thoughts anyone?
Oh, I have more than a few thoughts. First, firing DeJoy was way down on the list of Biden's priorities. Second, Biden and his team were literally afraid of doing too much to reverse T45 actions and policies. I don't think that they had any idea of where to begin. But this also goes to my most enduring criticism, of not only the Biden Admin, but Democratic leadership as well - their agenda looked like institutional incrementalism when sweeping action was needed.
The Dems have often been a party guilty of half measures.
This is so very true and has been particularly since 1980. Democratic leadership is scared of Reagan's shadow, and they continue to be. Therefore, they cannot be trusted in the moment. Younger leadership not scared of the GOP needs to take the damn wheel.
DBD AV CLUB
It’s time once again for Oski Disciple’s Question of the Day.
"Man dies constantly until the moment of his demise.” — Martin Heidegger. “My sorrow is my castle.” — Søren Kierkegaard. “Hope, in reality, is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.” — Friedrich Nietzsche. Judging from the preceding quotes is it safe to assume that all three of these philosophers were Cal football fans?
Certainly captures the essence of the experience. Applicable to hoops as well.